Tomorrow’s the Big Day

Back in April, we bought tickets to a very special event. This event will be held tomorrow morning. Today we are driving down to Felton, CA (near Santa Cruz), to camp in Howard Cowell State Park in the redwoods for one night. In the morning we will walk to Roaring Camp Railroad and present our dearly purchased and precious tickets to ride the number 1 car behind …

none other than …

THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE!

The train ride will be 25 minutes long. We paid $48 for 3 tickets. There will likely be a million families with three million Thomas-fan children in tow. I expect it to be a zoo, but I also expect meeting THE REAL THOMAS to be possibly the greatest highlight of my young son’s life to date.

It’s now 9:31 am on Saturday morning. We can leave town as soon as …

Ian finishes his final Ethics exam
I edit Ian’s Ethics paper and we turn it in
I finish editing a chapter of a strategy guide
We pay some bills
We do another load of dishes
We move the wet clothes from the washer to the dryer
We pack the food
We pack our clothes
We pack our camping stuff into the car
We shower and dress
I print some chapters to take with me for editing

Needless to say, Lucas is starting to bounce off the walls.

2 Responses to “Tomorrow’s the Big Day”

  • dakini_grl
    July 29, 2006 at 5:01 pm

    Woo! It’s finally here! I can’t wait to hear about all the excitement, I hope it’s FUN.

    Reply

  • mrplanet4
    July 31, 2006 at 2:42 pm

    Oh man. Did he ‘splode?

    Reply

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